Transferring files between Samsung tablet and a Debian box
 

Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung tablet
>with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze, using either
>a
>USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I can transfer them
>by
>e-mail, but that method is cumbersome.
>

I hear newer versions of android no longer support the usb mass storage protocol. They use something called Media Transfer Protocol. The libmtp package (and associated utility packages) should help, but I think they are still in debian unstable only.


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Kushal Kumaran wrote:

Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> wrote:


Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung tablet
with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze, using either
a
USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I can transfer them
by
e-mail, but that method is cumbersome.


I hear newer versions of android no longer support the usb mass storage protocol. They use something called Media Transfer Protocol. The libmtp package (and associated utility packages) should help, but I think they are still in debian unstable only.



amazing what one can find with a little googling:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-connect-your-android-ice-cream-sandwich-phone-to-ubuntu-for-file-access

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Miles Fidelman wrote:
> amazing what one can find with a little googling:
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-connect-your-android-ice-cream-sandwich-phone-to-ubuntu-for-file-access

In addition to that, I found another method which is amazingly fast:
install an application like 'Software data cable' in your Android
device. If device and PC both share the same WiFi connection, then you
can access your device from your PC through an ftp program, e.g. gftp.


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On Thursday 12 July 2012 1:47:14 pm Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >
> > I hear newer versions of android no longer support the usb mass storage
> > protocol. They use something called Media Transfer Protocol. The libmtp
> > package (and associated utility packages) should help, but I think they
> > are still in debian unstable only.
>
> amazing what one can find with a little googling:
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-connect-your-android-ice-cream-sa
> ndwich-phone-to-ubuntu-for-file-access

It doesn't work for me. Here is the error output that I get:

mark@Mark:~$ mtp-detect
libmtp version: 1.0.3

Listing raw device(s)
Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is UNKNOWN.
Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
Found 1 device(s):
04e8:6860 @ bus 1, dev 8
Attempting to connect device(s)
PTP_ERROR_IO: Trying again after re-initializing USB interface
LIBMTP PANIC: Could not open session! (Return code 767)
Try to reset the device.
Unable to open raw device 0
OK.


Thanks,
Mark


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Mark Neidorff:
> Miles Fidelman:
> > amazing what one can find with a little googling:
> > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-connect-your-android-ice-cream-sa
> > ndwich-phone-to-ubuntu-for-file-access
>
> It doesn't work for me. Here is the error output that I get:
>
> mark@Mark:~$ mtp-detect
> libmtp version: 1.0.3
>
> Listing raw device(s)
> Device 0 (VID=04e8 and PID=6860) is UNKNOWN.
> Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp
> development team Found 1 device(s):
> 04e8:6860 @ bus 1, dev 8

It's OK, you just need the VID and PID in order to put them into
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules.

You might understand a little more of mtpfs after reading this:
www.linux-magazine.com/content/view/full/45191/(offset)/3

For more interesting stuff on MTP in Linux, try the same url, leaving
away the 3 at the end.


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Ken Heard <kenslists@teksavvy.com> writes:

>Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung tablet
>with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze, using either a
>USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I can transfer them by
>e-mail, but that method is cumbersome.

As others have mentioned in this thread, Honeycomb and onwards use MTP as
the protocol for communicating with a USB host instead of MSC (mass storage
class).

I have not found a reliable MTP stack on linux, possibly because the MTP
protocol itself is not very general, so treating the device as a filesystem
is an abstraction mismatch.

Instead, I have install an app called AirDroid on my tablet. This lets me
communicate with the tablet via my browser, and supports transferring
files that way. It does not give the flexibility of treating the device
as a mounted filesystem, but works well enough for my purposes.

I know that's not USB or bluetooth, but hopefully it is still suitable.


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On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:55:54 -0400, Ken Heard wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung tablet
> with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze, using either a
> USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I can transfer them by
> e-mail, but that method is cumbersome.

Dropbox?


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On 12.07.2012 18:55, Ken Heard wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung
> tablet with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze,
> using either a USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I
> can transfer them by e-mail, but that method is cumbersome.
>
> Ken Heard

I don't have Samsung tablet, but I have Samsung Galaxy 5 Android phone
and Debian (Sid) detects it when I plug in USB-cable on phone and
computer. The phone appears like an USB-stick and then it can be
opened file browser and everything can be copy-pasted.

Just make sure that you switch off "USB debugging" under "development"
settings, or otherwise you can only move files with "adb push" and
"adb pull".


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On 12.07.2012 19:39, mark@neidorff.com wrote:
> If I can add value to this post....I just got a Samsung Galaxy S
> III and would like to know how to transfer my music and podcasts
> from my PC to the phone. Just like the tablet, the phone is not
> recognized as a device when the USB cable is plugged in. So, my
> question is how are files copied to it?

Uncheck Settings --> Applicaltions --> Development --> USB debugging

If that is checked, you can only move files using ADB.

That wasn't checked by default in my Galaxy 5, but Galaxy Y of my
sister had it checked by default and it seems to check itself
automatically on reboot*.

*Why people who hate this feature have it and not me, who would like
it? :(

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On 12.07.2012 20:22, Kushal Kumaran wrote:
> I hear newer versions of android no longer support the usb mass
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> Protocol. The libmtp package (and associated utility packages)
> should help, but I think they are still in debian unstable only.

Maybe that is why it works for me on Sid. I seem to have some of those
packages installed.

I hope that unchecking USB debugging works.

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